Definitions for: Gens

[n] family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"

Webster (1913) Definition: Gens (j[e^]nz), n.; pl. Gentes (j[e^]n"t[=e]z). [L. See
Gentle, a.] (Rom. Hist.)
1. A clan or family connection, embracing several families of
the same stock, who had a common name and certain common
religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or
tribe.

2. (Ethnol.) A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American
aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent,
and bear the same totem.

Synonyms: name

See Also: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept

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